NATIONAL RANSOM 1, 2, 3, 4??? or 5?

bronxapostle · Post by **bronxapostle** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:29 pm

so, with the NEW version (we should call it the ATTRACTIONS

version) played this past friday...it got my curiosity wandering. did we ever get a LIVE version from Asia where we assumed, as it was played solo with beatbox, to be the video released version by EC (at twitter i think was?) if not..we could actually be up to FOUR different versions already. who has a tape from March live???

bronxapostle · Post by **bronxapostle** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:56 pm

i thought so...no one heard the MARCH shows yet?

And No Coffee Table · Post by **And No Coffee Table** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:39 pm

I haven't heard any tapes, but Ayako on the listserv said at the time that the YouTube video was "exactly the one I heard in Seoul on Sunday and also in Tokyo today."

bronxapostle · Post by **bronxapostle** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:41 pm

And No Coffee Table wrote:I haven't heard any tapes, but Ayako on the listserv said the YouTube video was "exactly the one I heard in Seoul on Sunday and also in Tokyo today."

cool...so, when you hear the one from friday, i guess you'd agree: NR No. 3 a/k/a the Attractions version!

docinwestchester · Post by **docinwestchester** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:06 pm

bronxapostle wrote:
And No Coffee Table wrote:I haven't heard any tapes, but Ayako on the listserv said the YouTube video was "exactly the one I heard in Seoul on Sunday and also in Tokyo today."
cool...so, when you hear the one from friday, i guess you'd agree: NR No. 3 a/k/a the Attractions version!

Is Bruce back?

seanpointblank · Post by **seanpointblank** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:43 pm

docinwestchester wrote:
bronxapostle wrote:
And No Coffee Table wrote:I haven't heard any tapes, but Ayako on the listserv said the YouTube video was "exactly the one I heard in Seoul on Sunday and also in Tokyo today."
cool...so, when you hear the one from friday, i guess you'd agree: NR No. 3 a/k/a the Attractions version!
Is Bruce back?

No, he was too busy at home googling himself.

Edit: I know how dirty that sounds.

bronxapostle · Post by **bronxapostle** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:59 am

or FIVE????

from thepopeofpop's australia 4-19 thread....

Very different version of "National Ransom" - a different melody and chords in part of the song - it lost the "You Belong To Me Vibe", but it didn't sound like that track he had up on YouTube either.

so does this indeed mean that it is NOT the Attractions version that was played 4-1 NYC, nor the original and not the video beatbox/waits version. so that would make this NUMBER 4 and if the version played solo on the far east dates differs again, this would be NR #5!!!

FAVEHOUR · Post by **FAVEHOUR** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 1:12 pm

bronxapostle wrote:or FIVE????

from thepopeofpop's australia 4-19 thread....

Very different version of "National Ransom" - a different melody and chords in part of the song - it lost the "You Belong To Me Vibe", but it didn't sound like that track he had up on YouTube either.

so does this indeed mean that it is NOT the Attractions version that was played 4-1 NYC, nor the original and not the video beatbox/waits version. so that would make this NUMBER 4 and if the version played solo on the far east dates differs again, this would be NR #5!!!

ba, I think you're getting carried away! No reason to think what Pope reported is that different from Grammercy. And the Japan performances were same as No. 2. So you have three, tops!

Dave

bronxapostle · Post by **bronxapostle** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 3:32 pm

ah, come on dave. you know i just LOVE get carried away with this statistics type shizz!!!

now, as you have been sitting on the inside info: DO TELL! we do have some verification that Japan shows featured No. 2??? well then, i hope you WILL allow that 4-1 (playfully dubbed by me ATTRACTIONS version) does indeed differ from both the original and No. 2, yes? thence, we have PAPAL INFALLIBILITY that the 4-19 version "lost" the youbelongtome vibe; therefore POSSIBLY bringing us to FOUR!!!!!!!

FAVEHOUR · Post by **FAVEHOUR** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 3:56 pm

bronxapostle wrote:ah, come on dave. you know i just LOVE get carried away with this statistics type shizz!!!

now, as you have been sitting on the inside info: DO TELL! we do have some verification that Japan shows featured No. 2??? well then, i hope you WILL allow that 4-1 (playfully dubbed by me ATTRACTIONS version) does indeed differ from both the original and No. 2, yes? thence, we have PAPAL INFALLIBILITY that the 4-19 version "lost" the youbelongtome vibe; therefore POSSIBLY bringing us to FOUR!!!!!!!

Hmm. Maybe.
As far as Japan, the correspondents who reported said it was just like the youtube version. And if you need more concrete (or audible) proof than that, well, just hang in there....

Dave

bronxapostle · Post by **bronxapostle** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:40 pm

thanks for relenting FH! the tapes WILL tell the tale! do we have an Aussie taper????

bronxapostle · Post by **bronxapostle** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:59 pm

okay as per jeremy dylan....we are back to only THREE!!!

original
No. 2 (from the video)
Attractions version (No. 3)

the_platypus · Post by **the_platypus** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:34 pm

Uh, why are we calling it The Attractions version?

bronxapostle · Post by **bronxapostle** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:26 pm

uh, cos when you hear it: sounds like it belongs on THIS YEARS MODEL!!!!

Jeremy Dylan · Post by **Jeremy Dylan** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:35 pm

It does have a bit of a NO ACTION flavour about it.

the_platypus · Post by **the_platypus** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:02 pm

I haven't heard it yet. Are there any clips online?

docinwestchester · Post by **docinwestchester** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:10 pm

the_platypus wrote:I haven't heard it yet. Are there any clips online?

NYC April 1:

http://www.mediafire.com/?5o3sft8tg8fr3di

the_platypus · Post by **the_platypus** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:37 pm

Thanks. That's a really awkward arrangement.

bronxapostle · Post by **bronxapostle** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:16 pm

the_platypus wrote:Thanks. That's a really awkward arrangement.

in what way platy? it just ROCKS to me...like 1978!!!

the_platypus · Post by **the_platypus** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:56 pm

Maybe I'm just so used to hearing those words in the original arrangement... it sounds like it doesn't quite gel. Perhaps I have to listen to it some more.

cwr · Post by **cwr** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:58 pm

Does anyone else hear "Girls Talk" in this version??

bronxapostle · Post by **bronxapostle** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 9:11 pm

yes CWR....when he began it that night, that is JUST the tune i thought it was.

bronxapostle · Post by **bronxapostle** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:02 am

so, according to kingfoyle, we're NOW at # 5! some kind soul (DOC!) gather them all here when you can. even if you do youtube thing! thanks p.s. please make sure to use the FIRST NR (attarctions version) from 4-1-11 Gramercy. despite the slight rumble, it is the MOST attractionsy one i've heard!

docinwestchester · Post by **docinwestchester** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:59 am

bronxapostle wrote:so, according to kingfoyle, we're NOW at # 5! some kind soul (DOC!) gather them all here when you can. even if you do youtube thing! thanks p.s. please make sure to use the FIRST NR (attarctions version) from 4-1-11 Gramercy. despite the slight rumble, it is the MOST attractionsy one i've heard!

No power at home right now (damn snow!). Once back, I'll go through my files.

bronxapostle · Post by **bronxapostle** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 12:16 pm

damn...you gotta move outta that COW TOWN! srsly, sorry about NO POWER! okay, so by my tally...it is FOUR, unless kingfoyle proves otherwise. there is the original (if you are going to use a live performance, why not go with your GREENE SPACE vid!), No. 2 which E gave us at youtube, No. 3 Attractions version and No. 4 whatever he threw together this past week. now, it could be FIVE if the solo version he did back in March in the Far East is TRULY different from that No. 2 beatbox thing he gave us at youtube. i still never heard a live solo show from March (favedave!) do what you can to pull it all together doc, WHEN you can. cheers and here's to Thomas Edison!!!

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